North Africa
Egypt
North Sinai Governorate

Sheikh Zuweid

Sheikh Zuweid is a Bedouin town in the of near the border with the . It is situated between the cities of and and is 334 kilometers northeast of . It had a population of around 60,000 as of 2015.
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  • Type: Town with 60,000 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Egypt
  • Also known as: “Ash Shaykh Zuwayd”, “Ash Shaykh Zuwayyid”, “Ash Sheikh Zuwayyed”, “El Sheikh Zuwaiyid”, “Korûm el-Sheikh”, “Kurūm ash Shaykh”, “Shaykh Zuwayd”, “Sheikh Zoweid”, “Sheikh Zuwâyid”, and “Sheikh Zuweiyid”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yamit.

Locality
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was an Israeli settlement in the northern part of the with a population of about 2,500 people. was established during Israel's occupation of the peninsula from the end of the 1967 Six-Day War until that part of the Sinai was handed over to in April 1982, as part of the terms of the 1979 Egypt–Israel peace treaty. is situated 9 km northeast of Sheikh Zuweid.

Sheikh Zuweid

Latitude
31.21277° or 31° 12′ 46″ north
Longitude
34.11077° or 34° 6′ 39″ east
Population
60,000
Elevation
24 metres (79 feet)
Open location code
8G3P6476+48
Open­Street­Map ID
node 768030243
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
353471
Wiki­data ID
Q3481736
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Sheikh Zuweid” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الشيخ زويد”
  • Arabic: “شيخ زويد”
  • Arabic: “مدينة الشيخ زويد”
  • Asturian: “Sheikh Zuweid”
  • Basque: “Ash Sheikh Zuwayyed”
  • Cebuano: “Shaykh Zuwayd”
  • Central Kurdish: “شێخ زووەید”
  • Czech: “Šajch Zuvajd”
  • Dutch: “Sheikh Zuweid”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الشيخ زويد”
  • French: “Cheikh Zouweide”
  • French: “Sheikh Zuweid”
  • German: “Asch Scheiach Suayyed”
  • Greek: “Σέιχ Ζουέιντ”
  • Hebrew: “שיח‘ זוויד”
  • Hebrew: “שייח’ זוויד”
  • Persian: “شیخ زوید”
  • Polish: “Asz-Szajch Zuwajjid”
  • Polish: “Szejk Zuwajid”
  • Polish: “Szejk Zuweijid”
  • Russian: “Шейх-Зувейд”
  • South Azerbaijani: “شیخ زوید”
  • Swedish: “Shaykh Zuwayd”
  • Zulu: “Sheikh Zuweid”

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